dost ahbaab se lene na sahaare jaanaa — Abdul Ahad Saaz

bol the divaanon ke jin se hosh vaalon ne
soch ke dhundlakon mein apnaa raasta paayaa

laa se laa kaa safar thaa to phir kis liye
har kham-e-raah se jaan ulajhti rahi

nazar to aate hain kamron mein chalte-phirte magar
ye ghar ke log na jaane kahaan gae hue hain

shaaeri talab apni shaaeri ataa us ki
hausle se kam maangaa zarf se sivaa paayaa

muflisi bhuuk ko shahvat se milaa deti hai
gandumi lams mein hai zaaiqa-e-naan-e-javin

pas-manzar mein 'fēd' hue jaate hain insaani kirdaar
focus mein rafta rafta shaitaan ubhartaa aataa hai

bil-aakhir thak haar ke yaaro ham ne bhi taslim kiyaa
apni zaat se ishq hai sachchaa baaqi sab afsaane hain

jab ki pahlu se yaar uThtaa hai
dard be-ikhtiyaar uThtaa hai

kaabe ko jaataa kis liye hindostaan se main
kis but mein shahr-e-hind ke shaan-e-khudaa na thi

baat karnaa pyaar ki aasaan se aasaan hai
ishq karnaa karte rahnaa hai kaThin se bhi kaThin

khudaa ke haath mein mat saunp saare kaamon ko
badalte vaqt pe kuchh apnaa ikhtiyaar bhi rakh

dekhe na mujhe kyunkar az-chashm-e-hiqaarat-u
vo sarv-e-javaan yaaro man-faakhta-e-piram